Windows Seven Starter Edition (netbook-oriented) - only three apps simultaneously?
Will this obsolete restriction apply to Windows Seven Starter Edition?Maybe it was OK for XP Starter Edition, but it's really not applicable for Seven. Moreover, it is focused on netbooks. Three applications running at the same time are definitely not enough for this branch of mobile devices.Impossible is nothing
February 4th, 2009 6:22pm

Forget the low-budget netbooks and spend a little more on a decent notebook computer that has the hardware necessary to run an advanced Windows 7 operating system.Carey Frisch
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February 4th, 2009 8:26pm

No. You are wrong. There is a whole branch of such devices. They are not "cheap notebooks". Like usual mobile phones are not "cheap smartphones". Just read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetbookSo if Microsoft proposes to OEM builders a Starter Edition as a default OS for netbooks, why couldn't it remove that silly restriction? Usually people who use netbooks need much more than three applications started at one time.If Microsoft don't want to remove that restriction - then do not propose it for netbooks. Impossible is nothing
February 5th, 2009 5:39pm

First, according to Microsoft, Windows 7 is a widely-used OS, which means that all the editions of Windows 7 can run on netbooks, not just Windows 7 Starter Editon. And Microsoft never said somethingthat Windows 7 Starter Edition is the OS for netbooks. What it said is that Windows 7 Starter Edition can be chosen as the OS for netbooks. Second, I just saw a group tried to install Windows 7 Beta on a notebook designed for Windows 98 which only has 256 ram.Windows 7 runs perfectly. (Though the Windows Experience Index is 1.0). So,I think netbooks can also runWindows 7 Home Premium perfectly. Third, don't worry about the limit of 3 programs. Programs which can be hidden in systemtray is not included in the limit which means you can run WLM, IE 8,Office, Anti-Virus together. It won't bother you. By the way, I don't think it's agood idea for Microsoft to ignoreWindows 7 for Netbooks. But Microsoft did its choice, and there's nothing we can do.
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February 5th, 2009 6:21pm

Auren said: No. You are wrong. There is a whole branch of such devices. They are not "cheap notebooks". Like usual mobile phones are not "cheap smartphones". Just read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetbookSo if Microsoft proposes to OEM builders a Starter Edition as a default OS for netbooks, why couldn't it remove that silly restriction? Usually people who use netbooks need much more than three applications started at one time.If Microsoft don't want to remove that restriction - then do not propose it for netbooks. Impossible is nothing From your referencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook: A netbook is a computer similar to but significantly smaller and lighter than a typical laptop computer, with lower performance but at a lower price, intended to use the Internet for remote access to web-based applications and thus not requiring high performance to run complex applications[1]. The name comes from changing note to net (for Internet) in "notebook".Carey Frisch
February 6th, 2009 6:29am

Yay! Microsoft heard us! Thanks so much to the developers! http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/05/29/let-s-talk-about-windows-7-starter.aspx Quote: <...> There of course will also be Windows 7 Starter edition, but based on the feedback weve received from partners and customers asking us to enable a richer small notebook PC experience with Windows 7 Starter, weve decided to make some changes compared to previous Starter editions. For the first time, we will be making Windows 7 Starter available worldwide on small notebook PCs. We are also going to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to run as many applications simultaneously as they would like, instead of being constricted to the 3 application limit that the previous Starter editions included. <...> Impossible is nothing
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May 30th, 2009 12:05pm

Auren -Very cool...But then again, the whole 3 app limit wasn't that strictly enforced. Some apps - like Antivirus and other stuff that lives in the system tray - don't count toward the limit. Plus, you can have multiple instances of any one app - (i.e multiple tabs in IE 8, multiple documents in Word, etc...) and those only count as ONE app. Ed Bott from ZDNet did a story on it a while back. It can be found here.
May 30th, 2009 12:17pm

Still, that restriction was too silly. If its purpose was to avoid customers' negative experience then it was really silly. Customers DO understand that the more applications they launch the more system becomes slower. It's always better to give user a right of choice. Impossible is nothing
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May 30th, 2009 12:22pm

Auren - Yep.. It generally is. And given the reaction to that story on ZDNet, it would seem the reason behind the removal of the limitation is so it can keep Microsoft as a player in the netbook arena. It was either that or give that market space away to Linux.
May 30th, 2009 10:33pm

I would rather see a really slim version of the OS. No demanding themes, no 32bit icons, no animated transitions when you do things, etc. Just a really slim and really fast basic OS made specifically for these lesser powered (but brand new) class of small and inexpensive notebooks. The Acer Aspire One is a good example of what I'm thinking about... A 1.xxGhz processor, around 1GB ram, some sort of hard drive, etc. Next would be things like the Fujitsu u810 and u820. I'm pretty convinced that the amount of hard disk IO is what killed my attempts with the RC since I know it has a really slow disk, and Win7 does something to the BIOS that slowed it down even more. I'm still looking for alternate solutions that will work for me (aside from just putting the spinning disk back in) because I was really impressed with the Beta version I was running. Changing to an SSD has increased battery life, and more importantly decreased heat. The heat reduction is huge compared to having the spinning disk inside the machine. Not sure if it is from better ventilation or just less heat produced by the SSD.
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June 1st, 2009 5:42pm

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